Mr. Frugal Turtle and I had a rare date night in March. We went out to dinner (he paid) and then we went to a movie. He paid for the movie as well (what a guy!). I paid for the drink and snack. It’s always a shock to the wallet when I have to pay close to $15 for one tub of popcorn and one soda. Oh well, we had a great night and really enjoyed the movie (Logan).

Taxes are done!

I spent one joyous night early in March filling out my taxes and was refunded a total of $602 from federal and state. I qualify for the free e-file so I took advantage of that. I’ve used TaxAct the past couple of years and they seem to make doing taxes a little easier than most tax programs I’ve tried. I’m not an affiliate for them, I just use and like their program enough to recommend it!

As soon as both the federal and state tax refunds were deposited into my checking account they were transferred to my IRA. It was such a great feeling to transfer $602 to my retirement account!

On to the numbers!

March net worth

I ended March with a net worth of $118,030.34. My goal for this year is to end the year with a net worth of $150k. If I can reach $125k by the end of June I think I have a good shot of reaching that goal.